They will land on their feet. I don't doubt that they will eventually get more $ than Cal's lame $8M/yr share at some point over the next 10 yrs Cal is locked into. That they both have better football programs than Cal and they will likely end up in the G5 reinforces what I've been saying, that Cal due to their priorities, administration, location, etc is not a competitive P5 school. The option they had was continue to be a bottom feeder in a P5 conference, or finally right size their program to its capabilities so they can be a competitive team (like winning their conference more than once every 70 years, imagine that!). Cals administration decided to continue to doormat itself likely never challenging for a conference title, and and travel 3000 miles instead of joining with teams with similar competitive profiles in the west region. They could have built it up over time with some vision and patience.
Of course WSU & OSU were “willing” to rebuild. They almost literally have no other option.
It’s not for sure that the MWC will take them. Possible/probable, but not certain.
They will land on their feet. I don't doubt that they will eventually get more $ than Cal's lame $8M/yr share at some point over the next 10 yrs Cal is locked into. That they both have better football programs than Cal and they will likely end up in the G5 reinforces what I've been saying, that Cal due to their priorities, administration, location, etc is not a competitive P5 school. The option they had was continue to be a bottom feeder in a P5 conference, or finally right size their program to its capabilities so they can be a competitive team (like winning their conference more than once every 70 years, imagine that!). Cals administration decided to continue to doormat itself likely never challenging for a conference title, and and travel 3000 miles instead of joining with teams with similar competitive profiles in the west region. They could have built it up over time with some vision and patience.